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Dundas BI vs Quid

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Dundas BI

Business Intelligence

Flexible business intelligence platform

From
$500/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Quid

Business Intelligence

Consumer and market intelligence combining social listening with unstructured text network analysis

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Dundas BI the published Embedded BI Package starts from about $4,738.70 USD per month billed annually for 8 core capacity; Quid the company has changed name twice, from NetBase to NetBase Quid to Quid, which fragments documentation, third-party comparisons and support material across three brand identities and makes older guidance unreliable.
  • They diverge on capability: Dundas BI covers White-labeling, Quid covers Social listening.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Dundas BI and Quid actually diverge.

Attributes where Dundas BI and Quid differ
AttributeDundas BIQuid
Starting price$500/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, Embedded, MobileWeb
Founded1992Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Business Intelligence).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Dundas BI

  • White-labeling
  • Embedded Analytics
  • Data Preparation
  • Custom Visualizations
  • API
  • SQL Server
  • Oracle
  • PostgreSQL

Only in Quid

  • Social listening
  • Network analysis
  • Non-social data sets
  • Quid Terminal
  • Quid Monitor
  • AI agents
  • Image analytics
  • API access

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Dundas BI

  • Embedding dashboards and analytics inside another applicationnot Quid
  • Self service business intelligence and ad hoc reportingnot Quid
  • Building custom data visualisations against open BI APIsnot Quid

Quid

  • A corporate strategy team mapping which technology clusters in a patent set are accelerating and which companies own them, before an acquisition decisionnot Dundas BI
  • A consumer insights function that wants to know what themes drive negative sentiment about a category rather than counting mentions of its own brandnot Dundas BI
  • An innovation group scanning research literature and startup activity for adjacent white space it has no internal expertise innot Dundas BI
  • A brand tracking how a reputational incident propagates across news, social and forums with sentiment broken down by theme rather than by channelnot Dundas BI

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Dundas BI

  • The published Embedded BI Package starts from about $4,738.70 USD per month billed annually for 8 core capacity
  • That figure reflects a limited time 35 percent promotional discount rather than list price
  • Licensing is by CPU core capacity rather than by user, so cost scales with server hardware
  • Dundas is now part of insightsoftware following acquisition
  • The page states that a pricing plan is worked out together with the vendor rather than published as a rate card

Quid

  • The company has changed name twice, from NetBase to NetBase Quid to Quid, which fragments documentation, third-party comparisons and support material across three brand identities and makes older guidance unreliable.
  • Nothing is published on price and contracts sit well above ordinary listening tools, so the evaluation cost is high before you know whether the network analysis will actually be used.
  • The network maps require an analyst who knows how to interpret them; teams without a dedicated insights person tend to use the platform as an expensive listening tool and never touch the capability they paid for.
  • Historical data depth and source coverage are scoped per contract rather than included, so a question that needs five years of back data can require a contract amendment mid-project.
  • Social platform access is subject to the same API restrictions that affect every listening vendor, and coverage of closed networks is thinner than the marketing implies, which matters if your category lives in private communities.

Pricing, plan by plan

Dundas BI

$500/month
  • Professional$500/month
    • Full Platform
    • Embedding
    • Support
  • EnterpriseFree
    • Unlimited Users
    • Multi-tenant
    • Premium Support

Quid

On request
  • Quid$undefined/year
    • Quid Terminal analyst workspace
    • Social listening and sentiment
    • Network analysis over patents, filings, news and research

Which should you pick?

Choose Dundas BI if

  • You need white-labeling.
  • You work on Web, Embedded, Mobile.
  • You also want embedded analytics.
Dundas BI review

Choose Quid if

  • You need social listening.
  • You also want network analysis.
Quid review

Questions people ask

Is Dundas BI or Quid better?
Neither clearly leads. Dundas BI starts at $500/month and Quid at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Dundas BI or Quid?
Dundas BI starts at $500/month and Quid at On request.
Does Dundas BI or Quid run on more platforms?
Dundas BI runs on Web, Embedded, Mobile. Quid runs on Web.
What is Dundas BI best used for?
Dundas BI is most often used for embedding dashboards and analytics inside another application, self service business intelligence and ad hoc reporting, building custom data visualisations against open bi apis. Of those, embedding dashboards and analytics inside another application and self service business intelligence and ad hoc reporting are not what Quid is typically brought in for.
What can Dundas BI do that Quid cannot?
Dundas BI covers White-labeling, Embedded Analytics, Data Preparation, Custom Visualizations. Quid covers Social listening, Network analysis, Non-social data sets, Quid Terminal.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Dundas BI: How much does Dundas BI cost?

Dundas BI does not publish specific pricing. The vendor emphasizes 'smarter licensing models to scale appropriately and achieve ROI rapidly' and offers 'custom plans that fit your needs' rather than standardized tiers. Customers must contact Dundas directly for pricing quotes tailored to their enterprise or embedded analytics use case.

Source
Quid: Is this the same company as NetBase?

Yes. NetBase and Quid merged in 2020, traded as NetBase Quid, and now sell under the single Quid brand.

Dundas BI: What licensing options does Dundas BI offer?

Dundas BI describes their approach as flexible licensing designed to scale based on deployment needs. Specific licensing models and per-seat or concurrent-user costs are determined through custom quotes.

Source
Quid: Is it a social listening tool?

It includes social listening, but the reason to buy it is the network analysis over patents, filings, news and research. If you only need social listening, cheaper tools cover it.

Quid: What does it cost?

Not published. Expect an annual enterprise contract priced by seats, data sources and historical depth.

Quid: Who uses it day to day?

Corporate insights, strategy and innovation analysts more often than social media managers. It rewards someone trained in analysis.

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